F1 2014 thread

Kubica has been unlucky with crashing, Canada, USA, then his Rallying crash. Pity, there was so much potential in my fellow countryman.

Don't recall others for Canada.
 
Polish said:
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He is the most unlucky F1 driver I've seen in ages. I'd love to see him racing in F1 right now. I think he'd be the most level headed guy up at the top if he had the right car.
 
iaywtimnbe said:
He is the most unlucky F1 driver I've seen in ages. I'd love to see him racing in F1 right now. I think he'd be the most level headed guy up at the top if he had the right car.
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Me too, but sadly I doubt it will happen.

Even a cat runs out of lives eventually.
 
Haas defers F1 entry to 2016

As widely expected, Gene Haas has announced that he will defer entering F1 until the 2016 season.

"It's already June so it's just seven months away and the timing issues are starting to get real crazy," he told Autoweek.

Among the many problems he faces is an engine supply, a chassis supply and team personnel.

"We have a list of names," he admitted, "but the problem is a lot of times they're already working for somebody and they can't get out of their contracts for three to six months so there's a lot of those contractual issues that have to be resolved before someone can come over."

While sceptics might sniff the air and hint at the smell of burnt toast, a reference to the US F1 saga a few years back, Haas insists he is deadly serious about his team, Haas Formula, and will therefore not be rushed into things.

While Dallara has been linked with the team as chassis supplier, Haas having met up with representatives from the Italian chassis builder at Indianapolis last weekend, and Ferrari as engine supplier, many more pieces of the jigsaw still have to be put in place - including drivers - and as Haas rightly points out the new season is effectively only seven months away.
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Pity, would have loved to see another team on the grid.
 
"I gave him a hug at the beginning of the weekend to really try to keep the relationship in a good place," Lewis told Rachel Brookes.
"Then yesterday came about and that won't be happening again anytime soon."
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Clearly Lewis thinks Rosberg purposely ruined Qualifying.

A F1 less weekend. I'm having the blues..
 
How's this for a pic - in better days.

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In their karting days as team mates. Irrespective, they have come far, well done for that.
 
I saw a Renault ad from around 2003 where Alonso was pictured as a kid - 3 years old... he was too short to reach the pedals in his kart and he had to have wooden blocks strapped to his feet.
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He won his first title at 8 yrs old
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Another brilliant story is Montoya - his dad had a friend who exported carnations and he and Juan Pablo would don space blankets and fly to the US in the cargo hold of his friend's plane to attend karting weekends. Dedication.
 
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iaywtimnbe said:
Another brilliant story is Montoya - his dad had a friend who exported carnations and he and Juan Pablo would don space blankets and fly to the US in the cargo hold of his friend's plane to attend karting weekends. Dedication.
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Yes, exceptional peeps that make things happen for themselves. Inspiring.
 
MotoGP champion Marquez 'would like to try' F1

A meeting with fellow Spaniard Fernando Alonso has prompted MotoGP champion Marc Marquez to say he would like to try Formula One at some point in his career.

Valentino Rossi, a six-time MotoGP champion, tested for Ferrari in 2006 and memorably finished his final day half a second off the pace of Michael Schumacher, which fuelled speculation he would one day make the switch. Marquez, who won the MotoGP title in his debut season last year, secured his sixth consecutive pole position of the season in Mugello ahead of Sunday's Italian Grand Prix, where he later met Alonso, and admitted he has considered following in Rossi's footsteps.

"Someday I would like to try. I don't know when. Not early," Marquez sad. "I've never met [Alonso] before and it was so nice to speak with a Formula One driver. It was his first time and he said it was unbelievable to see MotoGP live.
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Please do. Rossi made some hype a few years ago but nothing came of it.

I would love to see the switch between 2 wheels to 4.
 
Polish said:
MotoGP champion Marquez 'would like to try' F1



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Please do. Rossi made some hype a few years ago but nothing came of it.

I would love to see the switch between 2 wheels to 4.
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It would be interesting but honestly, I don't see how it's possible [to get into F1 without a proven open wheel racing track record]
 
iaywtimnbe said:
It would be interesting but honestly, I don't see how it's possible [to get into F1 without a proven open wheel racing track record]
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Just that. That's what would make it so astounding and the reason why we have not seen many of these moves.
 
Stoked. Will exit this thread Saturday'ish. To wait for thy holy download to finish. :D
 
F1 drivers 'not happy' with turbo cars - Coulthard

David Coulthard says unhappiness amongst drivers about this year's F1 cars is widespread because they lack the "pure" driving experience and noise of previous seasons.

Several drivers have spoken out about aspects of the new cars, with Sebastian Vettel saying the new V6 turbo engines sounded "****" ahead of the Malaysian Grand Prix. Coulthard, who won 13 grands prix before his retirement in 2008 and is now a pundit for the BBC's F1 coverage, believes other drivers are not speaking out publicly but share the misgivings about the new era of F1.

"They are not happy," Coulthard told AOL Cars. "The marketers love it because it gives them a reason to put their investment into F1, and I completely understand that, but the drivers are not enjoying driving the cars this year.

"Nico [Rosberg] and Lewis [Hamilton] are probably a bit happier as they have a better package, but even if you speak to them privately they say the driving experience is not as pure as it was. When I was a kid going to Silverstone I remember standing at Stowe Corner and it was misty. Out of the morning mist came a V12 Ferrari driven by [Jean] Alesi and the noise was amazing - you heard it coming and knew it was a Ferrari. It went past and you went 'wow'."

Coulthard insists it is perfectly valid for F1 fans to dislike the lack of noise in 2014.

"Part of the F1 event was all about when you arrived at the track you got excited by the noise and the anticipation as soon as you heard it. It's ridiculous that we like things that hurt our ears, because if the wife is talking too much and our ears get sore we don't like that!

"But with race cars, or music, it's about the sound and the experience of it. If you went to see the Rolling Stones and they came out and said tonight we're only doing an acoustic set because we're getting old and don't want all the noise then the crowd wouldn't be very happy and rightly so.

"It's the same with F1. I heard Monaco was 20 per cent down this year. We have a responsibility to the fans. The fans will speak out and they know what they want."
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Some heavy opinions from DC, not sure if he is stuck in the past or has legit comments.
 
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